Mujica was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in April 2024. His coffin will lie in state before the funeral on Thursday, which is expected to draw an array of sympathetic left-wing leaders ...

Supporters walk behind the casket of Uruguay's former President Jose Mujica during his funeral procession from the presidential palace to the National Assembly in Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday ...

Thousands of people mourning the death of their former leader, affectionately known as “Pepe,” joined the procession as Mujica's flag-furled coffin, borne on a gun carriage, made its way ...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Mourners wept, raised their arms and marched behind the flag-draped casket of former President José Mujica on Wednesday as thousands bid a poignant farewell to the ...

She placed a cross in his casket and a photo of the two of them, taken when he was little. “I didn’t want to let him go,” she said. “But I had to.” Cuevas said that before her son’s ...